Taxonomy Profile: Trinomys eliasi (Pessôa and Reis 1993)

Trinomys eliasi: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Elias' Atlantic Spiny-rat []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Trinomys eliasi: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
hystricognath rodents |
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Eumysopinae
Genus : Trinomys
Species : Trinomys eliasi
Elias' Atlantic Spiny-rat |
Trinomys eliasi Direct Children(s):
Trinomys eliasi: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Trinomys eliasi
Trinomys eliasi: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Trinomys eliasi: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Although eliasi was described and recognized as a subspecies of iheringi (Possôa and Reis, 1993, 1994, 1996), Lara and Patton (2000) elevated it to a species based on analysis of sequence data. The sister taxon of eliasi is paratus and these two taxa are included in a clade with setosus and yonenagae (Lara and Patton, 2000). Karyotype has 2n=58 and FN=112 (Pessôa and Reis, 1996)